The boys were walking through the Mountainous forest, along what appeared to be a very old pathway, the sun was shining bright through the trees of the forest, causing lines of sunlight to appear in between them, as they continued down the forest path having a casual conversation, they could hear branches break, and animals grunting in the distance, and every so often they would hear a bird or two, fly off of a tree, The boys were so engulfed in conversation that they didn’t notice when they neared the end of the path that led out of the forest, at the end of the path stood a large field, that could easily fit two or three small villages, but it was completely empty, and off into the distance you could see what appeared to be a wall that ran the length of the large field, “well I’m guessing those walls are the walls of the capital”, Aster stated, “What else would they be captain obvious”, Levant replied to aster’s statement, Aster let out a sigh,”why do you seem extra aggressive all of a sudden”, Aster responded sarcastically, Barak walked over to a large stone nearby and sat on top of it, after fumbling around for a, he took a joint out of his pants pocket, and placed it in his mouth, “oi, Levant give me a light”, Barak said to Levant, Levant looked at Barak from the corner of his eye, and pointed his finger at him, shooting a miniature ball of fire in his direction, lighting the tip of the joint, “oh great now I really am a glorified lighter”, Levant said very displeased, as Polaris snickered behind him at what he just said, “find something funny you walking ice block”, Levant shouted at Polaris, “that’s rich coming from someone who was just used as a lighter”, Polaris retorted, the two were now literally butting heads, aster however just ignored their argument and walked over next to Barak, leaning against a tree that stood next to the large stone, after a few seconds barak pushed the joint in Aster’s direction, Aster hesitated for a moment, looking barak in his eyes, he than took the joint out of barak’s hand, placing it to his mouth, inhaling deeply, “so what’s been on your mind recently, you got that look in your eyes again, that look of when something is eating at you”, Aster asked, genuinely worried abut Barak, “I’ve just been studying on past shit that’s happened to me, learning that aluric is Amon's brother and the two of them fighting one another soon, it just reminds me of back then and what happened when I left the village”, Barak explained, “i can see why that would bring up those particular memories, well the one good thing that came out of you leaving is that monstrous strength of yours, and leora, so it wasn’t a total loss on your part”, aster said, as his memories from back then replayed in his mind, he could smell the smoke from the burning building like it was still in front of him, he could still see Barak, fighting so vividly, it was like he was replaying a movie in his mind about when Barak left, how he limped away from the wounds his own father inflicted upon him, that night the whole village was in an uproar, Aster finally snapped back to the present, he found himself just staring blankly into space, “well some good things come out of the bad, though Leora might have to leave soon, her family called for her again”, Barak replied, while Levant and Polaris continued arguing in the background, “for fuck’s sake, both of you are useless, compared to me”, barak shouted, “don’t see why your shouting they’re fighting because of you to begin with”, Aster pointed out, “yeah yeah, whatever, lets go”, barak shouted as he walked off into the field, Guild of Artemis front hall Aluric walked through the side entrance of the front hall of the main guild building,it was a small nicely decorated wooden door with the insignia of a tree growing from the letter A, the door lead into the large hall which had many tables and seating scattered throughout floor, off to the side near the front entrance stood the reception area and next to it stood the quest board, and what stood in front of him was a large wooden staircase lined with brown carpet leading to the upper floors, he had now gotten back from being out the whole night, with the whole situation with yumi, he was tired and all that seemed to be on his mind was resting so he could finish some of the preparations that needed to be done later in the day, but as he was about to head upstairs to his office, he heard someone shout out his name, “Aluric, Aluric”, the voice shouted out, a small framed girl came running out from the corridor that led to the main hall of the guild, she was short, and wore a red long sleeved shirt with the shoulders cut out and a golden cross embedded in the middle of the neck area, and a black close fitted jeans, all completed with a pair of red and black sneakers, her hair was orange with one side tucked revealing her long pointed ears ,with her hair stopping just past her shoulders, her eyes matching the colour of her hair, “oh jinnie it’s you, odd that you aren’t at your desk”, aluric answered, “i’m glad I caught you, so I um...need a favor’, jinnie said to him nervously, “what are you acting all nervous for”, aluric asked, ‘well, I work for you now, plus lately you’ve seemed kind of distant and cold, so it’s kind of um…. Throwing me off”, jinnie said, with her hands behind her back as she rocked back and forth, “jinnie we’ve known each other since we were kids, you can just talk to me normally, you know”, aluric said, as he stepped off the stairway to talk with her properly, “so what is it you need from me anyways”, aluric asked jinnie, “right, everyone else is out on missions or out trying to get the materials needed for when the rebel army shows up, so I have no one to go to the weapons smith and collect the extra weapons you had ordered, so could you please go get them ?”, she asked, while bowing her head, and pushing a piece of paper towards him, “sure why not”, he answered with a smile on his face, as he remembered the scared little girl that used to cling to him and amon, when they were little, the same little girl that used to get shouted at by yumi, for her clumsiness, Aluric took the piece of paper and left the front hall to go to the weapons smith’s shop, back with the boys the had now entered into the capital city of Dracht, and to each of their surprise, the capital seemed extremely peaceful, “well, not what I was expecting”, Levant stated, as he seemed the most shocked at how peaceful it was, “what were you expecting then ?”, Polaris asked Levant, “i don’t know, at least a little more tension in the air or something”, Levant replied, “i’m off to find the guild”, barak said, “yeah lets head there first, whatever else catches our eyes on the way there we’ll check out later”, aster said, as the walked off,